Portland Women's Crisis Line Benefit | August 28th
August 24, 2009 — PDXPIPELINEPosted by Meagan Kate
Nearly 2,000 calls come to The Portland Women's Crisis Line each month, and volunteers are there to offer resources, emergency shelter and comfort; services that women of our state and city desperately need. According to The PWCL, one in ten Oregon women reports being sexually or physically abused by their current or last partner.
For the last seven years, The PWCL has obtained the majority of their yearly donations through a gala and auction. This year's event, titled “Safety in Numbers” will be Friday, August 28th at The Armory.
I spoke with Molly Gray, Co-Chair of PWCL's Board of Directors who said that the goal is to reach $64,000 in donations from the event. However, the most important piece of the event, Gray emphasized, was to ensure people learned about The PWCL and the resources they offer. Read the rest of this entry »
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